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    "id": 94147,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kinyanjui",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Roads",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 48,
        "legal_name": "Lee Maiyani Kinyanjui",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the public transport sector is largely in the informal hands and is not organized. Therefore, we have seen a high increase in the number of priced vehicles being used. This means that every family has one or two vehicles. This has of course increased the rate of emissions. In many other countries where public transport is well-organized, they have big buses some of which are truncated and carry up to 160 passengers. If we introduce a properly organized public transport system, we will ensure that all the vehicles that are used everyday are, indeed, reduced. The hon. Member has gone further to indicate some of the problems that are associated with increased pollution and the emissions thereafter. It has already been noted that the increase in bronchial conditions such as Asthma has been directly attributed to the high levels of pollution. Many people who live near major highways have experienced these problems and we believe that without proper policy, these conditions are bound to be on the increase. The lung cancer problem, which has been talked about before, is also closely associated to high emissions. It has been noted that in Kenya we have reported a high increase of cancer incidents across the country. Therefore, we cannot afford to highlight that because we do not have a good policy to deal with the cancer challenge. For that reason, we need to ensure that we focus on the prevention because treatment has not been guaranteed."
}